John W. Draper — A Century of Broadside Elegies

London , Ingpen and Grant, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this collection of newspaper elegies from the 17th Century. Limited to 275 copies, this being number 112. This volume contains ninety English and ten Scottish broadsides which illustrated the biography and manners of the seventeenth century. Elegies are commonly a song or poem lamenting the death of a loved one, nostalgic in tone. This volume contains reproductions of elegies from newspapers of the 17th century.  With the facsimile reproductions throughout the text alongside the analysis of the work. Collated, complete. In quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with some paint to the front board. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd light scattered spot. Very Good . Ill.: John W. Draper. Very Good .